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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

HOW DO U SAY "DATE OF BIRTH" IN CREOLE?

Date of Birth → Dat ou te fèt

What is your date of birth?
Ki dat ou te fèt?

When were you born?
Ki dat ou te fèt?

Woule wòch la!

Woule wòch la!
Roll the stone!
Hmm, gen yon moun ki pral delivre? 

Preposition "on"

On → sou.

He sat on the chair.
Li te chita sou tab la.

She lied down on the bed.
Li te kouche sou kabann nan.

They came on a shabby boat.
You te vini sou yon vye bato.

Mwen byen. E ou menm?

Mwen byen, mèsi.  E ou menm?
I'm fine, thank you.  And you?

how r u

Mwen anfom. E ou menm?

Ask me anything

Expressing the future tense with "va" instead of "ap" and "pral"

ki jan ou rele mwen rele jona mwen soti haiti

What's your name?, my name is jona, i'm from Haiti.

Ask me anything

HOW DO U SAY KISSME

Kiss me → Bo mwen or Anbrase mwen

do you know where jacmel is

Translation or question?

Eske ou konnen ki bò Jacmel ye?

Ask me anything

What is "Agogo"?

Agogo (placed after the noun that it modifies) → plentiful, in great quantity, abounding.

Example:
There will be plenty of food.
Ap gen manje agogo.

There was meat in great quantity.
Te gen vyann agogo.


HOW DO U SAY I LOVE U

I love you - mwen renmen ou.

I like you - Mwen renmwen ou, mwen apresye ou.

Ask me anything

how to say respect your daddy

Respect your daddy.
Respekte papa ou.


Respect your dad, you hear!
Respekte papa ou, tande!

na

na → nou va → we will
"Na" is a contracted form of "nou va" which means "we will"
example:
Na pale pita. - We'll talk later.

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Gade 'm

Gade m → look at me
Gade w → Look at you
Gade li → Look at him/her
Gade nou → Look at us
Gade yo → Look at them

how to write turgeau and haut-turgeau on kreyol...maybe few names more like thor le volant, zone predailler, savane salee and what does Mais Gate means?All right, thank you! :)

The Creole names for the following cities are:

Turgeau → Tijo
Haut-turgeau → Wo-Tijo
Thor le volant → Tò Levolan
Zone pedailler → Zòn pedaye
Savane Salée → Savàn Sale
Maïs Gaté →Mayi Gate ("mayi" is Creole for corn. "gate" is Creole for spoiled. So that'll make "spoiled Corn" :)